Courage and Fear - Plus Something Extra - Are You Game Enough?
Published: Wed, 11/30/16
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Quote: "One of the greatest handicaps is to fear a mistake. You have stopped yourself. You have to move freely into the arena, not just to wait for the perfect situation, the perfect
moment... If you have to make a mistake, it's better to make a mistake of action than one of inaction. If I had the opportunity again, I would take chances." --- Federico Fellini Oh yes, a link to the image http://www.motivateus.com/images/take-chances.jpg This week's "Something Extra" Be Courageous, Be Bold - Don't Let Fear Stand In Your
Way Are You Game Enough? Everyone wants to be known as 'Courageous'. Courage is a wonderful feat to achieve. It is not only displayed by soldiers in a war field who faithfully defend their country; every field of work requires courage at various levels. The very
fact that 'right now' you are interested in something positive, which has life changing potential, proves the courage in you. Courage can be understood in many ways and one of them is by studying the one thing that tends to antagonize, neutralize and negate it: Fear. Fear is one of the most
crippling things... one can even say that it is 'the' most crippling thing in anyone's life. Fear can make a person perform far below his/her abilities, say sports authorities. Fear makes music incoherent, attest composers. Medicine says that fear can even cause paralysis. Fear causes school drop outs. So goes the saga of fear... Now, not all fears are bad. Fear, as authorities in psychology
say, is good until it starts to freeze us, halts our thinking and stops our progress. If fear stimulates us into a constructive, preparative action then it is good. If fear causes one to chart out a plan and act upon it, then it is the kind which is natural and helpful, for it helps us to organize and make our lives better. Any other type of fear would do no benefit. Our present social
situation, if one can say, is unfortunately 'fraught with fear'. A student in a class is afraid to ask doubts. An Employee is afraid to ask his boss for a day of leave. On a global scale, we fear terror attacks. Even many people think about the future predictions of catastrophes and sit scared. It is also not uncommon in families where pessimism causes a person to fear an unlikely situation of someone deserting them, or the insecure feeling making a parent fearful about the well being of his/her
kids when they are away on a college excursion. Sometimes we do encounter statements like, 'Accidents are on the rise, and I better stay back than make the trip on the highway'. Some might say, 'What if I catch flu? Might as well be inside the house as the weather seems unwelcoming'. These things show how much fear has encroached into the society. The line in a famous movie, 'Terrified, mortified, petrified, stupefied by you...' seems to describe many. The only difference is that the 'you' in the statement is substituted with many other things: Divorce, illness, defamations, debts, opinions, boss (uh-huh) etc. What are your fears? How many of them are
irrational? Let's read more: http://www.motivateus.com/stories/live_a_courageous_life.htm Wishing you a fearless day ahead! Love, Marlene |
